United States v. John Henry Reeves

EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction after jury trial on a charge of armed robbery of a bank, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) (1976).

This appeal presents two substantial questions: 1) whether items of clothing seized without warrant in a room occupied by appellant were illegally admitted into evidence over objection because the consent relied on was furnished by another occupant of the premises, and 2) whether the judge’s charge on criminal intent was such as improperly to shift the burden of proving absence of guilt to the appellant.

On consideration of…